Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast and our new series for 2026: "Hearing God's Voice in Every-day Life".

To begin our series, I welcome Lt. Melissa Bledsoe to the podcast. Lt. Melissa and her husband Mario are Salvation Army officers stationed at The Salvation Army in Benton Harbor, MI. She is a busy wife, mother, and pastor who loves to take the every-day, mundane life moments and turn them into "holy moments".

So from wherever you are listening, I hope that you will take a minute as you listen and allow God to speak to you.

I hope you enjoy this episode with my friend, Melissa.

Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast! As we wrap up our series on “How Bible Study Has Impacted My Life” and also this year, I’d like to welcome Carla Lindsey to our last podcast of 2025.

Carla is the Women’s Ministries Social Media and Resources Specialist for The Salvation Army New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa Territory. You will love listening to her share her personal testimony of how God led her to Bible study through a particular trial which helped her find a deeper understanding of scripture and a deeper relationship with God.

I hope you enjoy this conversation with my new friend, Carla!

Follow her on Facebook and Instagram: @SalvationArmyWM

Welcome back to The Prepare Podcast! We are finishing up our series on how Bible study changes lives but on this episode we are first going to talk World Missions! I'm happy to have Kristin Caddy, Viki Payton, and Stephanie Marinelli from The Salvation Army Central Territory World Missions Department.

It's not too early to think about ways you can help with missions this holiday season. One way is to "Share Your Christmas Joy"! Click the link below to learn more.

I hope you enjoy this episode.

Here are direct links to their website and to follow them on social media:

Social Media: @SA World Missions

Website: https://centralmissions.org

SHARE YOUR CHRISTMAS JOY: https://centralmissions.org/christmasjoy/